The UK’s oldest funeral directors, CPJ Field, is calling on Brits to support its #PaidLeaveToGrieve campaign – encouraging all UK employers to offer a flexible paid bereavement policy to staff.…
The dramatic rise in the time taken to register a death is causing untold distress and delaying funerals, says Pure Cremation. The direct cremation provider is calling on government to…
Lisa Jane Newman from Wigan worked as an English teacher before a period of ill health gave her pause for thought. She explains why she chose to train as a…
The team from a funeral home in Torquay are helping the local community by supporting a charitable organisation that provides pony therapy. Torbay and District Funeral Service, part of the…
A recent Funeral Solution Expert consumer study asked 1,500 UK adults how they feel about cremated ashes – what they mean to them, what they do with them, and how…
From grounded beech urns to aerial ashes, JC Atkinson is launching two new products into the post-funeral market. JC Atkinson, the leading manufacturer of coffins, caskets and urns, has…
Natalie McKail, the former Inspector of Funeral Directors in Scotland, has been appointed to succeed the Rt Hon. David Heath CBE as chair of the Independent Funeral Standards Organisation. Natalie’s…
Dignity has announced its aim to be net zero across its network by 2038 in a mission to become the UK’s most sustainable end-of-life services provider. The pledge, outlined at…
The news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen broke just before this issue of FSJ went to press. Funeral sector leaders were quick to pay their tributes to…